Asia

• 13 November 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite League: no foreign Country can decide on the future of Lebanon Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - For all the Lebanese "it is inconceivable that foreign parties or factions claim to determine the demographic and political scenarios of Lebanon for decades to come". It is unacceptable "to entru ...
• 12 November 2014
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic students: bring the message of Christ in schools and universities Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - It is now more urgent than ever to proclaim the message of Christ and give Christian witness in schools and universities: says the Federation of Catholic Students, a movement that celebrated the 6 ...
• 12 November 2014
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Pilgrims in Yim Tin Tsai recall St. Joseph Freinademetz Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic community on the island of Yim Tin Tsai, in Hong Kong, is paying tribute to the great Divine Word missionary St. Joseph Freinademetz (1852-1908), who lived in these places durin ...
• 12 November 2014
  ASIA/SYRIA - Negotiations for a truce in Aleppo. Bishop Abou Khazen: it is only useful if it brings us closer to true peace Aleppo (Agenzia Fides) - "Among the population of Aleppo there is hope, but also skepticism regarding the hypothesis of a truce to silence the weapons in the region of Aleppo": this is how Bishop Georges Abou Khazen OFM, ...
• 12 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The state has given the St. Francis school back to the Church Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Lahore obtained the restitution of the St. Francis school, among the properties nationalized in the past by the Pakistani government. As reported to Agenzia Fides by local sour ...
• 11 November 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Heads of Churches in Jerusalem visit the Esplanade of the Mosques Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday 10 November, a delegation of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem visited the Esplanade of the Mosques, Haram al Sharif. The area of the Holy City is again at the center ...
• 11 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - Displaced persons remain isolated and without support due to violence Kirkuk (Agenzia Fides) - According to official data, the increase in violence in Iraq has caused about 1.8 million displaced since January 2014. Almost half have found shelter in schools, camps or in abandoned buildings ...
• 11 November 2014
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The Indonesian Catholics are inspired by the martyrdom of Mgr. Johannes Aerts Ambon (Agenzia Fides) – The Dutch missionary Johannes Aerts, of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Apostolic Vicar of Langgur, killed by Japanese troops with five other priests and eight confreres on July 30, 1942 i ...
• 11 November 2014
  ASIA/IRAQ - A Mass celebrated again in the Nineveh Plain Tel Isqof (Agenzia Fides) - The Chaldean church of St. George in the village of Tel Isqof, in an area of the Nineveh Plain disputed between jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) and Pershmerga Kurdish troops, was reopened ...
• 11 November 2014
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES – To cancel foreign debt in order to contribute to the reconstruction after Typhoon Haiyan Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A year after the disaster caused by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which hit the central Philippines in November 2013, religious organizations, environmental groups, human rights organizations have su ...
• 10 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians protest: "Punish the muggers of Kasur and repeal the blasphemy law" Kasur (Agenzia Fides) - Bring to justice the muggers who killed the Christian couple in Kasur on November 4; take immediate action to repeal the blasphemy law: are the requests made by hundreds of Christians who demonstr ...
• 10 November 2014
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Two other US citizens released Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller, two American citizens who were detained in North Korea for religious reasons, were released and arrived in the United States. Bae thanked the North Korean gove ...
• 10 November 2014
  ASIA/LEBANON - Patriarch Rai accuses the Lebanese politicians: "You have betrayed the Constitution" Bkerké (Agenzia Fides) - The Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, launched accusations against Lebanese politicians, accusing them of betraying the Constitution and aiming for the power v ...
• 7 November 2014
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - The families of the married coupe burned ask for justice, while investigations continue Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – The families of the Christian married couple burned alive on November 4, in the District Of Kasur ask for justice and hope for a better future. As reported to Agenzia Fides by lawyer Sardar Mus ...
• 7 November 2014
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Heads of Churches: no one must violate the "status quo" on the Holy Sites of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Faced with the worsening of the situation in the Holy City, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem issued a statement to express their concern about the outbreak of violence and t ...